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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2026, 11:21 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2026, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2026, 12:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Boone County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
090
WUUS53 KLSX 140421
SVRLSX
MOC019-140515-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0182.260614T0421Z-260614T0515Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1121 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Boone County in central Missouri...
* Until 1215 AM CDT.
* At 1121 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
12 miles northwest of Rocheport to 7 miles west of High Point, or
along a line from 23 miles northwest of Columbia to 14 miles
southwest of California, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Rocheport, Lupus, McBaine, Easley, Wilton, Columbia, Midway,
Hartsburg, Ashland, Columbia Regional Airport, Hallsville and
Murry.
This includes the following State Parks...
Rock Bridge State Park, Finger Lakes State Park and Jewell Cemetery
Historic Site.
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 115 and 133.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 9241 3879 9238 3882 9238 3883 9244
3888 9248 3891 9248 3898 9257 3912 9250
3912 9211 3890 9217 3888 9215 3887 9216
3887 9215 3882 9215 3882 9214 3877 9216
3870 9223 3864 9222 3869 9236 3871 9234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 289DEG 33KT 3911 9271 3881 9247 3845 9270
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Brown2 follow-up statements
898
WWUS53 KLSX 140446
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1146 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026
MOC019-140515-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-260614T0515Z/
Boone MO-
1146 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR BOONE COUNTY...
At 1146 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
over Midway to near Jefferson City, or along a line from 8 miles
northwest of Columbia to near Holts Summit, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Lupus, Rocheport, McBaine, Wilton, Easley, Hartsburg, Columbia,
Ashland, Midway, Columbia Regional Airport and Murry.
This includes the following State Parks...
Rock Bridge State Park, Finger Lakes State Park and Jewell Cemetery
Historic Site.
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 115 and 133.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 9241 3879 9238 3882 9238 3883 9244
3888 9248 3891 9248 3898 9257 3910 9251
3908 9212 3890 9217 3888 9215 3888 9216
3882 9215 3882 9214 3880 9216 3877 9216
3870 9223 3864 9222 3869 9236 3871 9234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 289DEG 33KT 3909 9271 3880 9246 3870 9245
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Brown573
WWUS53 KLSX 140501
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1201 AM CDT Sun Jun 14 2026
MOC019-140511-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-260614T0515Z/
Boone MO-
1201 AM CDT Sun Jun 14 2026
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR BOONE COUNTY...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 9241 3879 9238 3882 9238 3883 9244
3888 9248 3891 9248 3898 9257 3910 9251
3908 9212 3890 9217 3888 9215 3888 9216
3882 9215 3882 9214 3880 9216 3877 9216
3870 9223 3864 9222 3869 9236 3871 9234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 289DEG 33KT 3902 9244 3873 9218 3863 9217
$$
BrownWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through the early overnight hours with damaging winds the main threat.
- Cool and dry conditions are forecast behind the cold front before chances of showers and thunderstorms return midweek.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 623 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through the early overnight hours with damaging winds the main threat. - Cool and dry conditions are forecast behind the cold front before chances of showers and thunderstorms return midweek. && .SHORT TERM... (Through Late Tonight) Issued at 233 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026 Ongoing showers and thunderstorms have continued all day, thanks in large part to a very persistent 25+ knot southwesterly low- level jet. This activity along with the thicker debris clouds have helped keep our entire area quite a bit cooler (and more stable) than expected this time yesterday. More importantly, two separate complexes of showers and thunderstorms have each sent out composite outflow boundaries. One is currently just south of the Missouri-Arkansas border and moving southeast with time. Another outflow boundary is draped across northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri. Initial convective initiation has just started along this boundary as it has stalled over the past hour. As these thunderstorms develop and push southeast, they may tend to weaken by early this evening as they enter a less unstable air mass across central (and northeast) Missouri. These locations have seen at least some rain and plenty of cloud cover. Latest SPC mesoanalysis shows 500-1000 J/kg of MLCAPE, but upstream satellite/radar imagery shows either thicker clouds (in C MO) or thunderstorms (NE MO). Therefore, it seems doubtful there will be too substantial air mass recovery over the coming hours. CAMs have struggled much of the day with scattered showers/thunderstorms north of southeast Missouri. Therefore, it seems quite unlikely that the 2500+ J/kg of MLCAPE by 0Z forecast from the RAP/HRRR will actually come to fruition given their poor initializations. Finally, the synoptic cold front is still located well to the northwest across southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Both the HRRR and WoFs suggest some development along the front near the Nebraska-Kansas border by ~22 UTC. This makes sense conceptually given that this is where the strongest low-level convergence resides. Those initial storms are likely to be supercells with large hail the primary threat. Damaging winds will become a bigger concern as storms head into eastern Kansas/far western Missouri. This may sound like a theme, but similar to earlier foci for (severe) thunderstorms, these too should stay to our west, though I cannot completely rule out a strong/severe storm clipping parts of central Missouri very late this evening. Our main region of interest will be further northeast along the front. I do think at least some scattered thunderstorms will develop along the front upstream of northeast Missouri by early this evening, but the coverage should be less due to weaker surface convergence along the boundary. In addition, storms as they head southeast may have a tendency to weaken as they enter our region due to poor timing (late evening/early overnight) and an overall more hostile environment due to the antecedent showers/storms mitigating diurnal instability. Summing all of this up, the confidence in severe weather in our area overall has decreased quite a bit. A few of the storms in our area may be strong to severe, but the chances of widespread severe weather have decreased substantially. The main threats with any thunderstorms through the early overnight hours would be damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall. Regarding the rainfall threat, areas that have been heavily impacted over the past several days (i.e., parts of northeast Missouri and west-central Illinois) would be the main areas of concern. Gosselin && .LONG TERM... (Sunday through Next Saturday) Issued at 233 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026 (Sunday - Monday Night) Behind tonight's synoptic cold front, much cooler and less humid air will infiltrate the mid-Mississippi Valley. Temperatures are still forecast to run about 10 degrees below normal day and night, with highs in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the 50s. (Tuesday - Next Saturday) After a day ~60 hours across the region, we are still on track for a return of chances for showers and thunderstorms starting as early as Tuesday. This is when the first of two cold fronts is expected to move across the bi-state area. With this first front, surface convergence is fairly weak along the boundary with the stronger mid/upper level forcing for ascent residing farther to the northeast across the Great Lakes. In addition, moisture return ahead of this front looks modest. Probabilities for 1500+ J/kg of SBCAPE from the GEFS/GEPS only top out around 10-20% for parts of the area. The following frontal passage will be of more concern. There remains some timing/track differences with the midlevel shortwave trough coming through the Upper Midwest and its corresponding surface low track. The most likely scenario is for a warm front to be draped just to our north, with widespread showers/thunderstorms near this feature during the day on Wednesday. The trailing cold front is then expected to move through our neck of the woods Wednesday night through Thursday and provide our best chances (60-80%) of showers and thunderstorms. Given the anomalous deep-layer shear, this should yield another chance of organized convection via strong/severe thunderstorms. However, as we have seen a few times now the past several days, everything is nuanced and mesoscale features are key. These cannot be predicted several days in advance. One main concern this far out is the instability/moisture return. There is a large degree of spread (~2000 J/kg) in the IQR of SBCAPE from the GEFS/GEPS. Higher instability along with a quicker frontal timing could yield a high threat for widespread severe weather while the lower instability scenario and/or a later frontal timing may yield more in the way of typical summertime thunderstorms. The frontal speed is quite slow, not likely clearing the southern CWA until sometime late Thursday. This means that high chances (40- 70%) of showers and thunderstorms continue through much of the day Thursday, and only gradually shift out from northwest to southeast. A slow moving front and a prolonged period of showers and thunderstorms may also portend to a flash flood threat. The good news is (at least at this time) that model precipitable water values are expected to be not too high above normal (~1.4-1.7"; ~75th percentile). A welcome 2-3 day break from any rain also will help the soils at least dry out slightly and smaller tributaries to recede. Behind Wednesday night/Thursday's cold front, ensemble spread has decreased slightly with respect to the incoming air mass later in the week. Temperatures should return back to near, or even slightly below, normal. Dry weather is also favored to end the work week. Gosselin && .AVIATION... (For the 00z TAFs through 00z Sunday Evening) Issued at 620 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026 VFR conditions are expected at the start of the period, but terminals are likely to be impacted by showers and thunderstorms late this evening and overnight for a brief period. This is most likely at COU/JEF/UIN, with lower confidence at St. Louis area terminals although there will likely be at least some rain. Visibility reductions due to heavy rain and erratic, gusty winds will be the main hazards. Low ceilings are also possible during storms, and a few hours of MVFR to briefly IFR stratus may follow these storms as a cold front passes through the area overnight. Skies are expected to clear quickly in the morning, and breezy northwest winds are expected to persist the remainder of the period. BRC && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...None. IL...None. && WFO LSX
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Ralls | 5 days |
| Jun 13, 10:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 7 days |
| Jun 13, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 65 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.